Portraits
The campaign by Prince Charles to reclaim the hearts and minds of the British people following Diana's death has proved a quiet triumph, with a majority of the public saying for the first time in four years that he would make a good king. The results of this month's Guardian/ICM opinion poll are likely to end speculation that Charles should be passed over for the throne.

Wining and dining spirits -- Japan observes the festival of the dead
With paper lanterns and sticks of pungent incense, millions of Japanese gathered at family grave sites today for the eerie culmination of one of this country's oldest and most important holidays -- the festival of the dead. According to Japanese Buddhist belief, the spirits of the dead briefly return to the realm of the living each summer.

First lady photographer has the past framed in lens
Decades ago, the first Prime Minister of India willingly posed for a picture right next to a board that solemnly proclaimed: Photography Strictly Prohibited, at the Palam Airport in the capital. But the person who wielded the lens was no dilettante; India's first woman photographer Homai Vyaravalla was there with a mission.